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High Voltage

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Released: 30 April 1976

Recorded: 1974–75 at Albert Studios in (King Street) Sydney, Australia

Label: ATCO

High Voltage is the first internationally released studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It contains tracks from their first two previous Australia-only issued albums, High Voltage and T.N.T. (both from 1975). Originally released internationally on 30 April 1976 on Atlantic Records and in the US on 14 May 1976, this edition of High Voltage has proven popular, selling three million units in the US alone. In December 1976, Atlantic Records' UK head Phil Carson signed AC/DC to a worldwide deal. The group's first two albums, High Voltage and the harder driving T.N.T., had been hits in their native Australia - the single "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" peaked at #5 - and now plans were made for the band to tour England in 1976. The group had already recorded their next single "Jailbreak" (for which they had shot a music video) and had already begun recording their third LP Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap when, in April 1976, they flew out on their first British tour. The international release only included two tracks from the Australian High Voltage release - "She's Got Balls" and "Little Lover" - with the rest of the songs taken from the T.N.T.

Band members:

Tony Currenti - drums on tracks 7-9

Mark Evans – bass guitar

Phil Rudd – drums

Bon Scott – lead vocals, bagpipes

Angus Young – lead guitar

George Young - bass guitar on tracks 7-9

Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Producers: Vanda & Young for Albert Productions

Recording Studio: Albert Studios, Sydney, Australia

Michael Putland - cover photo